Just popped my head out of the kitchen door for no particular reason to be greeted with this fabulous Oak Eggar female alighting at the base of one of dad's garden plants. Ravensden (VC30). #TeamMoth

Wow! Just had a fleeting visit in garden by a Clouded Yellow! Literally in, quick nectar, gone! Putney Heath, SW London (VC17) #UKButterfies

Xanthorhoe ferrugata (Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet) overnight 22 July 2026, Cheadle Towers (VC39). Only my 3rd record. #TeamMoth

Phalera bucephala (Buff-tip) larvae on Oak, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). #TeamMoth

My overnight trap at my dad's pad in Ravensden (VC30) produced potentially 2 new hectad records of Oncocera semirubella (Rosy Knot-horn) and Macdunnoughia confusa (Dewick's Plusia). Otherwise an uninspiring set. @vc30moths.bsky.social #TeamMoth

Uncinus obductlla (Marjoram Knot-horn), indoors, 12 July 2026, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). Not the first site record of this rare but increasing resident pyralid. #TeamMoth

Hmm... British by birth, Norwegian ancestry - my great-grandparents were immigrants (on a boat!) Just as well I'm not a fan of football; however, may the best team win! #WorldCup

Yponomeuta rorrella overnight 8 July 2026, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). #TeamMoth

Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), 19 June 2026, Tittesworth Reservoir, Staffordshire. Digiscoped, and a bit of post. #UKBirding

Terrible images of what is believed to be a worn Sloe Pug (Pasiphila chloreata), overnight 17 June, Cheadle Towers (VC39). #TeamMoth

18 species to 80W MV at my dad's last night, Ravensden (VC30). I also found a vacated Small Eggar larval nest while out birding. #TeamMoth Speaking of which, I was delighted to find and scope from a distance an occupied Yellowhammer nest in a nearby country lane. Happy days! #UKBirding

Marbled White (Melanargia galathea), B660 roadside, Ravensden, Bedford (VC30) - 1 of 3 just now, 15 June. #UKButterflies

A mixed week Welsh birding and mothing as the weather was not ideal for either most of the time, so nothing unexpected recorded. About to do a quick stop at Goldcliff, Newport to scope the estuary, then traveling back to SW London.

Martin's Haven,Pembrokeshire. Let the birding commence...

Early doors to assist with a BTO Wetland Bird Survey between Nottage and Sker Point, Glamorgan.

Travelling to Glamorgan this morning to stay with the outlaws for a week of Birding, moffs and fine wine! What's not to like!

No exotic migrant moths in either my Staffordshire/SW London traps; however, it is great to see so many fellow moth-ers recording them - especially recent newcomers to the hobby. 👍 [Image: 29 May 2002, Fenny Stratford (VC24)] #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

The local Red Kite over Ravensden, Bedford, this morning. Also in residence a Lesser Whitethroat singing in earshot of my dad's home. #UKBirding

Hobby (Falco subbuteo) over my garden, Putney Heath, SW London. Always a delight to see them. #UKBirding #UKWildlife

Wishing Sir David Attenborough a very Happy 100th Birthday! Here's a photo I took of him during a short, private session back in 2007, when Sir David announced the introduction of Butterfly Conservation's National Moth Recording Scheme at the Zoological Society of London. >>> #TeamMoth

I've just got back from leading a group of cubs and beavers on a bird walk. One young lad wanted to use my binoculars, he then said he wanted to smash them on the rocks! I politely declined. Still a good walk though with Hobby the best of the evening.

Does anyone recognise this mine on Birch? I have my thoughts but I believe it would be too early. Putney Heath, SW London. #TeamMoth

Probable Nomada goodeniana (Gooden's Nomad Bee) at rest, Putney Heath, SW London.

I've put out a couple of lures', namely VES & OAK (for S. conopiformis - not British but you never know in London!) in Putney Heath, SW London. It's getting close to the flight period for the former (S. vespiformis). Nothing to VES but 4 Machalite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) to OAK! #TeamMoth

Sufetula diminutalis (Walker, 1866), 17 May 2025, Wolverhampton (VC39) by Darren Taylor. New to the British Isles, confirmed by barcoding. #TeamMoth

Yours truly navigating the Shropshire Union (Llangollen arm) from Fenn’s, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses to Ellesmere this weekend #narrowboat #Shropshire

Chilling out on a narrowboat on the Shropshire Union adjacent to Fenn’s, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses on the Shropshire/Powys border. So far Emperor Moth to the EMP lure, and numerous male Brimstone butterflies jousting over very few females. I've never seen so #BoatLife

Epichnopterix plumella (Plumed Bagworm) on-the-wing this afternoon, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). #TeamMoth

The VC30 Bedfordshire trap is on for a couple of nights. #TeamMoth

Well that's possibly 3 new tetrads in VC30 Bedfordshire for Saturnia pavonia (Emperor Moth) with 3 males coming in quickly to the EMP lure in each tetrad in the Ravensden area. ##TeamMoth